Those of you thinking of firing up Tomb Raider this morning should be aware that Lara Croft is currently unavailable - a guest of Manchester’s Boys in Blue after armed officers cornered the gun-toting minx in a suburban living room.

The house’s owner - computer shop owner David Williams - phoned police at around midnight to report “nuisance phone calls”, The Daily Mail reports. Officers duly made their way to his house in Dukinfield, near Ashton-under-Lyne, but quickly spotted the silhouette of a gunman in the front room.

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Proof that rock has no age limits!
This fantastic bunch are “The Zimmers” from The UK, a bunch of OAP’s performing a cover of The Who’s classic - ‘My generation’.

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Today is Al Pacino’s birthday and I believe he is 67 years old.

My favourite Pacino films;

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Extremities, dirt and various repressed emotions was always my favourite Killing Joke album so this is a real special treat for me - I just got this delivered from Play.com.

Inside Extremities, Mixes, Rehearsals & Live

This is a fan’s dream come true! A double CD of Killing Joke material taken from the band preparation for the “Extremities” album, rare mixes, a TOTALLY unheard track “The Fanatic” and a full live show from the Extremities tour.
The track list speaks for itself, this is a fantastic journey through the making of this album and beyond. Fantastic sound quality throughout!

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I saw Steven Chow’s “Kung foo hustle” last night on film 4 in the UK. I had seen this movie before but forgot how funny it was.
Rather than try to write a review I’ve quoted one used on imdb.com which sums up the movie much better than I could hope to do.

The Beast (Siu-Lung Leung)

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